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Before you consider that, you’d better define what’s really mean by the “Chinese” language in Hong Kong. The primary language used in Hong Kong is Cantonese; while the one used in the Mainland is Mandarin (or Putonghua). Cantonese is a much older language than Mandarin and the former is commonly spoken by people living in Hong Kong, Macau and some parts of southern China. Although quite some Hong Kong citizens speak both languages as Mandarin is widely taught at primary…

This is a question raised by people all over the world. As one may observe that most Chinese people living in foreign countries speak Cantonese more than Mandarin, and the history of Cantonese is actually longer than that of Mandarin. So why…

Have you ever cringed at the bad English of Hong Kong and China? It is pretty hard to avoid. It seems like the real challenge for Chinese writers is not their lack of vocabulary (in fact, many English phrases can…

No matter it is Hong Kong, China or Taiwan, Chinese people seems to have very weird English names. Mainland Chinese, in particular, have very weird English names. Sometimes, a lot of people think that they get an English name just…

I’ve been asked a lot that how do Cantonese-speakers write. Before you get to know the answer, you need to understand that there are two systems of language Hong Kong people use in their daily life – spoken language (Cantonese)…

I constantly see the scenes of Hong Kong people showing dislikes of non-Chinese speakers speaking to them in Mandarin (also known as Putonghua) rather than Cantonese. What Hong Kong people would do is to reply those foreigners in Cantonese, but…